Force10 Networks 100-00055-01 manual Preface, About this Guide, Objectives, Audience, Conventions

Preface About this Guide

Objectives

This document provides installation and operation instructions for the P-Series P10 appliance.

Audience

This guide is intended to be used by network engineers. The P10 is a Unix-based product that runs rule management software based on Linux and FreeBSD. As such, understanding how to operate the appliance requires a basic knowledge of Unix, including the vi editor.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions to describe command syntax:

Convention	Description
keyword	Keywords are in bold and should be entered at the command prompt as listed.
parameter	Parameters are in italics and require a number or word to be entered at the command prompt.
{X}	Keywords and parameters within braces must be entered at the command prompt.

[X]Keywords and parameters within brackets are optional.

xy Keywords and parameters separated by a bar require you to choose one.

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